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druiaghtagh | 19:58 Thu 15th May 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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The ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident.
20:11 Thu 15th May 2003
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Serendipity is also a film starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsdale. ........ Serendipity-Russia is an organisation that promotes goodwill and understanding between Russians and Americans / English. ....... it is also the name of many businesses world wide.
20:23 Thu 15th May 2003
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Serendip is said to be an old name for Sri Lanka. Horace Walpole (C18 writer) coined the word from the title of a story, 'The Three Princes of Serendip', in which the heroes were forever making happy discoveries of things they had not set out to find. ( Bet you were dying to know that !)
22:53 Thu 15th May 2003
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The ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident; I agree with mikewall, how strange for us both to be of the same opinion. How singularly odd.
00:37 Fri 16th May 2003

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